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In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal
surname is
Abras and the second or maternal family name is
Contel.
Musical artist
Juan Manuel Abras (Spanish pronunciation:
[xwaŋ maˈnwel ˈaβɾas]; during the
18th century, also written Arbres; born Juan Manuel Abras Contel; February 1, 1975) is a
Swedish-
born
Argentine
classical music
composer,
conductor and
researcher of
European
descent (
Catalan and
Galician on his
father's side
[1] and
Basque,
Italian and
French on his
mother's side).
[2]
Background and education
Born
[3] in
Stockholm (
Sweden), and then raised in
Geneva (
Switzerland) and
Madrid (
Spain), Juan Manuel Abras received his
music education while living in
Austria,
Germany,
Italy,
Poland, Spain and
Argentina along with his family (his
father being a
diplomat and
journalist, his
mother being a
sociologist and
piano teacher
[4]). A disciple of
Krzysztof Penderecki,
Kurt Schwertsik and
Roberto García Morillo, Abras completed both
postgraduate and
graduate studies in
Musical composition (
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna,
Academy of Music in Kraków and '
Manuel de Falla' Superior
Conservatory of
Music
Buenos Aires), while attending
master classes and
courses by
Karlheinz Stockhausen,
Helmut Lachenmann,
Wolfgang Rihm and
Alexander Müllenbach. At the same time, Juan Manuel Abras studied
Orchestral
conducting (completing both postgraduate and graduate studies) at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (with
Leopold Hager) and 'Manuel de Falla' Superior Conservatory of Music Buenos Aires, as well as privately with Guillermo Scarabino, while pursuing
internships and courses with
Michael Gielen (at the
Berlin State Opera),
Ervin Acél and Dominique Fanal. Prior to that, he completed studies in
Piano—first taught to him by his mother during his
childhood—(Municipal Superior Conservatory of Music
San Sebastián,
Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia—with Giovanni Umberto Battel—, Centro de Estudios Musicales Juan de Antxieta Musikaltegia
Bilbao—with Luis Fernando Barandiarán—and '
Carlos López Buchardo' National Conservatory of Music—with Ana Litovsky-Grünwald and Elizabeth Fiocca—, now the Music
Department of the
Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte). He also obtained both a
Bachelor's degree and a
License degree in
History (
University of Deusto and
Universidad del Salvador), while attending master classes and courses in
Musicology, Musical
pedagogy,
Music history,
Harpsichord, and
Marketing and
cultural policies.
Career and awards
Juan Manuel Abras has been considered by specialized
music critics as "a genuine representative of
Argentine music [...] for premiering works that reveal a rooting in the musical
heritage of the
country"
[5] and as "a firm
promise of Argentine music abroad."
[6]
Musicologists have stated that in his musical
works "there are, apart from the
psychoanalysis [...] references to
literature,
religion,
archaeology, etc."
[7] and that "variety is also found in [...] [Abras']
musical language,"
[8] which contains "in
fact a
unity, by
nature inaudible [...]
realised each
time through the different
styles."
[9] In his
musical piece '
Chacarera beatboxera', for instance, "Abras united in a whole elements taken from
ethnic music,
ancient
popular
melodies and
New Music, creating a
dancing
whirlwind somewhat '
trance', full of
solar
joy and
amusement,"
[10] while during the
Finnish premiere of his
musical composition 'The song of Anna O.' he "took the listener to a
world of
rhythmically latent
fantasy, similar to a haunted
castle."
[11]
Juan Manuel Abras has created more than a half hundred
musical compositions (for
symphony/
chamber
orchestra/
ensemble and/or
choir with/without
soloists,
stage,
solo instrument,
electroacoustic
sounds, etc.) (
see below), many of which have been
performed
[12] at:
International
Gaudeamus Music
Week (
Netherlands), International
Festival of
Contemporary Music '
Warsaw Autumn' (Poland), Festival MANCA (
France), Time of Music Festival (
Finland), International
Forum of
New Music '
Manuel Enríquez' (
Mexico), Festival 'Le Printemps des Poètes' (France), International Festival Discantus (Mexico), International Festival of Contemporary Music 'Krakow Composers' Days' (Poland),
Salzburg Mozarteum (Austria), Hellerau - Europäisches Zentrum der Künste
Dresden (Germany),
Bimhuis-
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ (Netherlands), International Research and Information Centre 'Thracica' (
Bulgaria),
Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico),
LRA Radio Nacional Auditorium (Argentina),
Columbia University (
USA),
York University (
Canada), University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna (Austria),
University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), California State University (USA), Théâtre Dunois (France), Filharmonia Łódzka im. Artura Rubinsteina (Poland),
Teatro Colón (Argentina), etc. His current
discography (
see below) includes
works featured in 6
CDs published in Austria, France, Poland and Argentina.
Throughout his career, Juan Manuel Abras has won numerous
awards and
scholarships: Grafimuse
Prize
[13] (
Brussels, 2011), Wiener Filmmusikpreis 2nd Prize
[14] (
Vienna, 2010),
Sibelius
Chamber Orchestra 'Bicentenario' Mention
[15] (
Banfield), TRINAC Prize
[16] (EIMC-
ISCM, 2008), Fundacja Argentynska Scholarship
[17] (
Warsaw, 2006), Beca 'Directorio' del
Fondo Nacional de las Artes
[18] (Buenos Aires, 2005), 'In Memoriam
Erich Kleiber' Scholarship
[19] (
Berlin, 2004), '
Theodor Körner' Prize
[20] (Vienna, 2003), 'Franz Josef Reinl' Stiftung 2nd Prize
[21] (Vienna, 2002), TRINAC and TRIMARG Mentions
[22] (both EIMC-ISCM-CAMU-
IMC-
UNESCO, 2002),
Gold Medal Award both in musical composition and orchestral conducting (Buenos Aires, 2000), etc.
Professional and teaching positions
Juan Manuel Abras has worked
[23] as
composer in residence, as well as guest
composer and
commissioned composer, within the frame of activities held by: 51. International Festival of Contemporary Music 'Warsaw Autumn' (2008),
Ensemble
Aleph - 4th International Forum for Young Composers (Program '
Culture 2000' of the
European Union; Paris, 2006), Fundacja Argentynska (Warsaw, 2006), XIII
Laboratory of Contemporary Music (Warsaw, 2006), International Forum for
Culture and
Business (Dresden, 2003), etc. A member of the
Austrian Composers'
Society (ÖKB), Argentine Composers
Association (AAC), United Composers of Argentina (CUDA) and
SADAIC, Abras has been appointed
chief conductor, assistant
conductor and
artistic director of several
Argentine
orchestras (including the
Ibero-American Chamber Orchestra of the National
Academy of Fine Arts and the House [Symphony] Orchestra of the
Tucumán Province), participating in the dissemination of Argentine music and Ibero-American music as composer, conductor,
pianist and
concert series organizer, also
working as
arranger,
orchestrator,
music engraver,
score preparator and
music copyist. In Argentina, Juan Manuel Abras also worked as
Professor at the '
Astor Piazzolla' Superior Conservatory of Music of the
City of Buenos Aires (teaching
Musical analysis,
Musical stylistics and Instrumental
practice), as Invited
Member of the
Institute of
Musicological
Research 'Carlos Vega'-
UCA (
transcribing and working on
Latin-American
manuscripts of
Renaissance music and
Baroque music) and as Professor at the
National University of Lanús,
Buenos Aires Province (teaching
Musical techniques and
Chamber music of the
20th century).
Selected compositions
-
Ave María (1997), for
soprano and piano (World
premiere: December 4, 1997. Sala '
Juan Bautista Alberdi' ,
Centro Cultural General San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Verónica Gamberale, soprano / Laura Lachowicz, piano)
- Chacarera beatboxera (2008), for
human
beatboxer,
clarinet,
percussion, piano and violin (Work commissioned by 51. International Festival of Contemporary Music 'Warsaw Autumn', Poland. World premiere: September 25, 2008. Ochota Sports Centre, Warsaw, Poland. Patryk 'TikTak' Matela, beatboxing / Kwartludium Ensemble. World premiere
recording: CD Sound Chronicle of the Warsaw Autumn 2008 No. 5 (2008),
Polish Music Information Centre, Polmic 045, Warsaw, Poland. Patryk 'TikTak' Matela, human
beatboxing / Kwartludium Ensemble)
-
Chacarera endebussyada (2010), for piano
solo (World premiere: May 16, 2011. Consejo Profesional de Ciencias Económicas de la
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Natalia González Figueroa, piano)
- Chacarera meets the
Puna (2005), for violin solo (World premiere recording: CD Obras para Violín Solo de Compositores Argentinos Vol. II (2007), Tradition, TR060427, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Alejandro Drago, violin)
- Conceptio, gestatio et partus (2005), for
symphony orchestra
- De coelesti hierarchia (2002), for
male
choir,
vibraphone,
organ,
violoncello and
electroacoustic sounds
- De princesas y castillos (1997), for
tenor and piano (
Text by Juan Manuel Abras)
- Dialoghi fra Mosè, Demostene,
Virgilio e
Turing (2004), [version of Dialogos between
Moses,
Demosthenes,
Virgil and Turing] for
flute, clarinet, violin and violoncello
- Dialogos between Moses, Demosthenes, Virgil and Turing (2004), for
string quartet
-
Drunken
Fugue (1999), for
saxophone
trio (World premiere: May 19, 2003. '
Fanny-Hensel-Mendelssohn' Saal, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria. Wiener Saxophon-Quartett)
- Estelango (2002), for piano solo (World premiere: February 9, 2003. York Hall,
Glendon College,
York University,
Ontario, Canada. Estela Telerman, piano)
- Estelango (2003-2004), version for
piano four hands (World premiere: May 21, 2005. Casal de
Catalunya, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Estela Telerman, piano / Guillermo Carro, piano. World premiere recording: CD Los compositores académicos argentinos y el
Tango II (2007), Pretal, PRCD 138, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Estela Telerman, piano / Guillermo Carro, piano)
- Estelango (2008), version for
percussion ensemble (World premiere: October 25, 2010. Salón de Actos, Facultad de Derecho de la
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ensamble de Percusión del Conservatorio Superior de Música de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires 'Astor Piazzolla' / Marina Calzado Linage, conducting)
- Flumen Dei, Ager Arkanus (2003-2004), for chamber orchestra
- Harmonie –
Alpha et
Omega (2001), for soprano and piano (World premiere: April 25, 2002. '
Beethoven' Saal,
Palais Pálffy, Vienna, Austria. Marika Ottisch, soprano / Laurenço César, piano. World premiere recording: CD Harmonie heute?! (2002), Harmonia Classica Records, HCR 022, Vienna, Austria. Marika Ottisch, soprano / Lourenço César Finatti, piano)
-
Huayno meets the
Milonga (2009), for vibraphone and
marimba (World premiere: June 10, 2011. Salón Intersecretarias de la Legislatura de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Gonzalo Pérez, vibraphone / Martín Diez, marimba)
- Humane Vitae (2000), for electroacoustic sounds
- Kleriodapsis (a
butterfly’s life). Doppelkonzert (2002), for violin, violoncello and chamber orchestra
- La Chacayalera (1999), for
children's choir
- La Fuga de
Valentino. Grosse Fugal a 6 (1999), for
piano six hands (World premiere: November 17, 2000. Sala 'Juan Bautista Alberdi', Centro Cultural General San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- La Fuga de Valentino. Grosse Fugal a 6 (1999), version for symphony orchestra
- La última batalla (1997), for soprano and piano (Text by Juan Manuel Abras. World premiere: December 4, 1997. Sala 'Juan Bautista Alberdi' , Centro Cultural General San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Verónica Gamberale, soprano / Laura Lachowicz, piano)
- ¿Libertas? 47 (1999), for
instrument(s) and/or
voice(s) (Work awarded the Grafimuse Prize, Brussels, 2011. World premiere: June 22, 2011. Arte
Gallery,
Sofia,
Bulgaria. Performed by music
students from the
New Bulgarian University)
- Magia Azurra (1995), for violin, violoncello and piano
- Milonga meets
Malambo (2011), for violoncello and piano (World premiere: June 18, 2012. Sala '
Manuel M. Ponce',
Palacio de Bellas Artes,
Mexico City, Mexico. Juan Hermida, violoncello / Misa Ito, piano)
- Missa ad tempus, duodecim tonis, et rythmis a populis argentinae traditis composita (2000), for solo voices, choir and symphony orchestra
- Moment musical sur un thème de
P. [Hill] et
M. Hill (2012), for soprano and
chamber ensemble (World premiere: June 4, 2013. Théâtre Dunois, Paris, France. Ensemble Aleph)
- Muchos rostros, una Madre (2006), for solo voices, choir and chamber orchestra (Work commissioned by Fundacja Argentyńska, Warsaw, Poland. World premiere: May 7, 2006. Parafia p.w. Ofiarowania Pańskiego w Warszawie, Warsaw, Poland. Adriana Róża Szmyt, conducting / Barbara Wnuk, soprano / Bożenna Jurkiewicz, alto / Piotr Szmyt, tenor / Ryszard Morka, bass / Chór 'Cantate Domino' / Zuzanna Sawicka, harp / Natolińska Orkiestra Kameralna)
- Musik für 'In 3 Tagen Bist Du Tot 2' (Filmsequenz) (2010), for chamber ensemble (Work awarded the Wiener Filmmusikpreis 2nd Prize, Vienna, 2010).
- Noches para olvidar (2002), chamber opera in 1 Act
- Pentecostés (
Veni Sancte Spiritus) (2007), for choir and electroacoustic sounds(World premiere: May 26, 2007. Sala Koncertowa, Academy of Music in Kraków, Krakow, Poland. Grzegorz Brajner, conducting / Chór Kameralny 'Pogratulujmy Mrówkom')
- Pésame (Actus contritionis) (2006), for
narrator, choir , chamber ensemble and electroacoustic sounds (Work awarded the TRINAC Prize, EIMC-ISCM, 2008. World premiere: January 13, 2007. Sala Kameralna, Academy of Music in Kraków, Krakow, Poland. Grzegorz Brajner, conducting / Wojciech Leonowicz, narrator / Chór Kameralny Muzyki Współczesnej / Wiktoria Chrobak, percussion / Piotr Grodecki, double bass / Michał Pawełek, piano)
- Quatuor pour un petit soldat du plomb (1999), for string quartet
-
Ricercare (1999), for flute, clarinet, violin and violoncello (World premiere: June 19, 1999. Wiener Saal, Salzburg Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria. Alexander Müllenbach, conducting / Son Youn Hwa, flute / Víctor Esfarelles, clarinet / Samuli Tuomikoski, violin / Pejman Memarzadeh, violoncello. World premiere recording: CD Argentina - Música de Cámara Vol. 1 (2006), Asociación Argentina de Compositores, AAC–2705, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Alexander Müllenbach, conducting / Son Youn Hwa, flute / Víctor Esfarelles, clarinet / Samuli Tuomikoski, violin / Pejman Memarzadeh, violoncello)
- Sedekte. Quinteto dodecatánguico (2000-2001), for
bandoneon and string quartet (Work awarded the TRINAC Mention, EIMC-ISCM-CAMU-IMC-UNESCO, 2002 and the Gold Medal Award in Musical Composition, Buenos Aires, 2000)
- Sedekte. Concierto dodecatánguico (2000-2001), [version of Sedekte. Quinteto dodecatánguico] for bandoneon and string orchestra
- Seriallemande (1997), for piano 4 hands (World premiere: December 4, 1997. Sala 'Juan Bautista Alberdi' , Centro Cultural General San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Alicia Clausi, piano / Ping-Hui Ho, piano)
-
Sonata '
Medina' (1997), for piano solo (World premiere: December 3, 1999. La Casa de
San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Sergio Elena, piano)
- Sueño y chacarera (2001), for flute and clarinet (Work awarded the TRIMARG Mention, EIMC-ISCM-CAMU-IMC-UNESCO, 2002. World premiere: August 8, 2001. Sala Grande, Audiorio de Radio Nacional, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Javier Blanco, flute / Alfredo Gómez, clarinet
-
Suite Argentina (2001), for chamber orchestra (Work awarded the 'Franz Josef Reinl' Stiftung 2nd Prize, Vienna, 2002. World premiere: June 7, 2002. 'Fanny-Hensel-Mendelssohn' Saal, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria. Werner Hackl, conducting / Tonkünstler Ensemble
- Suite Argentina (2001), version for symphony orchestra
- Suite del Castillo de
Arteaga (1997), for symphony orchestra
- The
Song of
Anna O. (2005), for soprano and chamber ensemble (Text by
Josef Breuer. Work selected by the Ensemble Aleph - 4th International Forum for Young Composers (Program 'Culture 2000' of the European Union. World premiere: September 6, 2006.
Bimhuis,
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ,
Amsterdam, Netherlands. Ensemble Aleph. World premiere recording: 4e Forum International des Jeunes Compositeurs - Oeuvres sélectionnées (2006), Carnet de bord, Ensemble Aleph / Cdmc, Paris, France. Ensemble Aleph)
- Trío de
Sondika-
Abasto (1999), for flute, clarinet and piano (World premiere: June 28, 1999. Sala 'Juan Bautista Alberdi' , Centro Cultural General San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Natalia Garnero, flute / Esteban Cabello, clarinet / Juan Manuel Abras, piano)
Discography
- 2008: 'Chacarera beatboxera.' Sound Chronicle of the Warsaw Autumn 2008 No. 5. Work commissioned by 51. International Festival of Contemporary Music 'Warsaw Autumn.' Patryk 'TikTak' Matela, human beatboxing / Kwartludium Ensemble. Polish Music Information Centre, POLMIC 045 (Warsaw, Poland)
- 2007: 'Chacarera meets the Puna.' Obras para Violín Solo de Compositores Argentinos Vol. II. Alejandro Drago, Violin. Tradition-
Naxos
Japan, TR070427 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- 2007: 'Estelango.' Los compositores académicos argentinos y el Tango II. Estela Telerman, Piano / Guillermo Carro, Piano. Pretal, PRCD 138 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- 2006: 'The Song of Anna O.' 4e Forum International des Jeunes Compositeurs - Oeuvres sélectionnées. Work selected by the Ensemble Aleph - 4th International Forum for Young Composers (Program 'Culture 2000' of the European Union. Ensemble Aleph. Ensemble Aleph-Cdmc (Paris, France)
- 2006: 'Ricercare.' Argentina - Música de Cámara Vol. 1. Son Youn Hwa, Flute / Víctor Esfarelles, Clarinet / Samuli Tuomikoski, Violin / Pejman Memarzadeh, Violoncello. Asociación Argentina de Compositores, AAC-2705 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- 2002: 'Harmonie Alpha et Omega' (Text by Otto Vicenzi). Harmonie heute?! Marika Ottisch, Soprano / Lourenço César Finatti, Piano. Harmonia Classica Records, HCR 022 (Vienna, Austria)
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^ Waltmans, Frans. 'Juan Manuel Abras (AR).' Waltmans. Early and
Contemporary Music.
Netherlands: April, 2007.
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^ Wilkinson, Malan. 'Juan Manuel [Abras].'
Pianists From the Inside.
United Kingdom: 02/22/2013.
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^
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^ 03/10/2011: 'Me decepcionó no ver más óperas argentinas en el Bicentenario.' Diálogo con Juan Manuel Abras, uno de los compositores nacionales jóvenes más destacados de hoy.' (By Margarita Pollini).
Ámbito Financiero (Argentina)
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^ Coda, Héctor. 'Juan Manuel Abras y un estreno en Viena.'
La Nación.
Buenos Aires: 05/11/2003.
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^ Ibid.
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^ Solomos, Makis. 'The union of
opposites.
Interview with Juan Manuel Abras.' Carnet de bord. 4e
Forum
International des Jeunes Compositeurs. Ensemble Aleph.
Paris: Coedition Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine-
Ensemble
Aleph, 2006.
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^ Ibid.
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^ Ibid.
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^ Bolesławska-Lewandowska, Beata. 'O 'Warszawskiej Jesieni' (część II).' Dwutygodnik Ruch Muzyczny, rok LII, nr 24.
Warsaw: 11/23/2008.
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^ Kvist, Wilhelm. 'Är det tillräckligt irriterande?'
Hufvudstadsbladet.
Helsinki: 07/06/2007.
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^ 05/22/2011: 'Галерия 'Арте' показва творби на лауреатите от конкурса 'Графимуза.' Artnovini.com (Bulgaria)
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^ 09/16/2010: 'Wiener Filmmusikpreis 2010 vergeben – Kompositions-Workshops mit Badelt und Kolonovits.' Kulturia.com (Austria)
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^ 02/17/2011: 'Abras, galardonado en el Concurso 'Bicentenario." Mundoclasico.com. Diario internacional de música clásica (Spain)
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^ 08/06/2008: 'Juan Manuel Abras recibe más premios y encargos.' Mundoclásico. Diario internacional de música clásica (Spain)
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^ 07/02/2006: 'Estreno de una obra de Abras.' La Nación (Argentina)
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^ Ibid.
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^ 05/05/2006: 'Beca Kleiber. Premian a la soprano Virginia Savastano. Actuará ante
Barenboim.' La Nación (Argentina)
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^ July-December 2003: 'Prizewinners. Theodor-Körner Prize.' Gaudeamus Information (Netherlands)
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^ 06/25/2002: 'Se estrena en Viena la 'Suite Argentina' de Juan Manuel Abras.' Mundoclásico. Diario internacional de música clásica (Spain)
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^ September-October 2002: Ratier, Claudio. 'Juan Manuel Abras: Reconocido en el país y en el Exterior.' Cantabile. Revista de Música Clásica, año 4, n.º 15 (Argentina)
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La Nación (Argentina)
- 10/06/2010: 'El compositor Juan Manuel Abras premiado en Viena por tercera vez.' Mundoclasico.com. Diario internacional de música clásica (Spain)
- 09/16/2010: 'Wiener Filmmusikpreis 2010 vergeben – Kompositions-Workshops mit Badelt und Kolonovits.' Kulturia.com (Austria)
- 11/23/2008: Bolesławska-Lewandowska, Beata. 'O 'Warszawskiej Jesieni' (część II).' Dwutygodnik Ruch Muzyczny, rok LII, nr 24 (Poland)
- November 2008 - 'Iberoamerykańska Warszawska Jesień.'
Forbes Magazine (Poland)
- 10/09/2008: 'Estreno de Juan Manuel Abras en el Festival Otoño de Varsovia.' Mundoclásico. Diario internacional de música clásica (Spain)
- 09/20/2008: Dębowska, Anna S. 'Kwartludium i beatboxerzy.'
Gazeta Stoleczna (Poland)
- 08/06/2008: 'Juan Manuel Abras recibe más premios y encargos.' Mundoclásico. Diario internacional de música clásica (Spain)
- 06/09/2008: Scalisi, Cecilia. 'De las grandes páginas de la música a Buenos Aires. Un discípulo privilegiado.' La Nación (Argentina)
- March-April 2008: 'Recomendación [Los compositores académicos argentinos y el Tango II (2007)].' Páginas Musicales, n.º 54 (Argentina)
- 04/12/2008: Coda, Héctor. 'La compactera. Música de Cámara Argentina Vol. 1.' La Nación (Argentina)
- 01/09/2008: Scalisi, Cecilia. 'Una apretada agenda para los argentinos más célebres.' La Nación (Argentina)
- 07/06/2007: Kvist, Wilhelm. 'Är det tillräckligt irriterande?'
Hufvudstadsbladet (Finland)
- May-June 2007: 'Recomendación' [Argentina - Música de Cámara Vol. 1 (2006)].' Páginas Musicales, n.º 50 (Argentina)
- 05/28/2007: 'Un nuevo año de estrenos y grabaciones para el compositor argentino Juan Manuel Abras.' Mundoclásico. Diario internacional de música clásica (Spain)
- April 2007: Waltmans, Frans. 'Juan Manuel Abras (AR).' Waltmans. Early and Contemporary Music (Netherlands)
- March-April 2007: 'Dos compositores argentinos en París.' Cantabile. Revista de Música Clásica, año 9, n.º 37 (Argentina)
- 01/26/2007: 'Los argentinos Abras y Moguillansky estrenan en París.' Mundoclásico. Diario internacional de música clásica (Spain)
- 11/25/2006: Cochard, Alain. 'Florilège contemporain.' Concertclassic.com (France)
- November 2006: 'Obra 'Troll' de compositor PUCV Boris Alvarado, será estrenada en Varsovia, Polonia, en el XIII Międzynarodowy Festival Laboratorium Muzyki Współczesnej.' Revista Musical IMUS PUCV (Chile)
- 10/23/2006: 'Estrenos argentinos en Holanda.' Mundoclásico. Diario internacional de música clásica (Spain)
- 09/16/2006: Ferro, Francesca. 'Viaggio verso le origini per Juan M. Abras.' La Provincia Cosentina, anno 8, nr. 255 (Italy)
- 07/25/2006: 'Monströs, aber unverkrampft. Ensemble Aleph im Konzert des 4. Internationalen Forums für Junge Komponisten.' MehrLicht (Germany)
- 07/02/2006: 'Estreno de una obra de Abras.' La Nación (Argentina)
- July-December 2006: 'Ensemble Aleph. 4th International Forum For Young Composers.' Gaudeamus Information (Netherlands)
- July-August 2006: 'Compositor argentino en Polonia y en Alemania.' Cantabile. Revista de Música Clásica, año 8, n.º 34 (Argentina)
- July-August 2006: Mamud, Claudio. 'Gisela García Gleria y Juan Manuel Abras: La composición.' Páginas Musicales, n.º 46 (Argentina)
- 05/05/2006: 'Beca Kleiber. Premian a la soprano Virginia Savastano. Actuará ante
Barenboim.' La Nación (Argentina)
- 06/04/2005: 'Ehrungen für Komponist Abras.'
Argentinisches Tageblatt (Argentina)
- 05/26/2005: Liut, Martin. 'Nuevas batutas vienen llegando. La joven camada de directores.' La Nación (Argentina)
- 02/10/2005: Coda, Héctor. 'Noventa jóvenes años de música. Aniversario de la Asociación Argentina de Compositores.' La Nación (Argentina)
- 05/20/2004: 'Juan Manuel Abras recibe la beca 'In Memoriam Erich Kleiber." Mundoclásico. Diario internacional de música clásica (Spain)
- March-April 2004: 'Músico argentino en ascenso.' Cantabile. Revista de Música Clásica, año 6 n.º 22 (Argentina)
- 12/03/2003: 'Abras, invitado a inspirarse en la Fábrica Transparente de Volkswagen (DE).' Mundoclásico. Diario internacional de música clásica (Spain)
- July-December 2003: 'Prizewinners. Theodor-Körner Prize.' Gaudeamus Information (Netherlands)
- 05/12/2003: 'El compositor argentino Juan Manuel Abras, premiado en Viena.' Mundoclásico. Diario internacional de música clásica (Spain)
- 05/11/2003: Coda, Héctor. 'Juan Manuel Abras y un estreno en Viena. El músico dirigió su 'Suite argentina." La Nación (Argentina)
- February 2003: 'Tango Pianist from Argentina visits KU on Feb. 6.' SFA Communications [The School of Fine Arts, University of Kansas] (United States)
- October 2002: 'Hofnews [: Juan Manuel Abras].' Kunstpunkt Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien, n.º 24 (Austria)
- September-October 2002: Ratier, Claudio. 'Juan Manuel Abras: Reconocido en el país y en el Exterior.' Cantabile. Revista de Música Clásica, año 4, n.º 15 (Argentina)
- 06/25/2002: 'Se estrena en Viena la 'Suite Argentina' de Juan Manuel Abras.' Mundoclásico. Diario internacional de música clásica (Spain)
- 06/11/2002: 'Juan Manuel Abras: Premios y estrenos.' Música Clásica Argentina [www.musicaclasicaargentina.com] (Argentina)
- June-December 2002: 'Franz Josef Reinl-Stiftung [: Juan Manuel Abras].' Franz Josef Reinl-Stiftung (Austria)
- 01/05/2002: Coda, Hector. 'El Grupo Drangosch sigue con el rescate de la música culta argentina.' La Nación (Argentina)
- 08/30/2000: 'Otra orquesta en crisis.'
Clarín (Argentina)
- 08/23/2000: 'La lección de un gran director de orquesta.' Clarín (Argentina)
- July-August 2000: Cavallini, Isabel. 'Orquesta de Cámara Interamericana.' Música Hoy, año XVII, n.º 89 (Argentina)
- 06/26/2000: 'Ibero-American Chamber Orchestra. The other side of classical music.'
Buenos Aires Herald (Argentina)
- 12/05/1999: Guerriero, Leila. '¡Atención! Chicos pensando en el futuro.' La Nación. Revista (Argentina)
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